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Amazon Bookstore Coming to Georgetown
May 9, 2017Who says we don't read print books anymore?
As reported by Washington Business Journal, Amazon has plans to open a bookstore in Georgetown. "Steven Roth, the chief executive of Vornado Realty Trust, told investors this week that Amazon has leased 10,000 square feet at 3040 M St. NW, a storefront previously occupied by Barneys New York." No date yet for store opening. Nike is next door, previous site of Barnes & Noble Books.
On the Seattle-based online retail giant’s website are six “coming soon” locations in California, New Jersey, New York and Washington.
Earlier this year, Amazon opened its first D.C.-area store of any kind — a 3,000-square-foot pickup location in the Terrapin Row building in College Park.
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Dr. Christine Ruane on Russian Fashion History May 4
April 25, 2017Visit Hillwood Museume, Estate & Gardens on May 4, 2017 for a lecture and book signing by Dr. Christine Ruane on the history of Russian fashion. Her most recent book, The Empire’s New Clothes: A History of the Russian Fashion Industry, 1700-1917, was chosen as one of the Best One Hundred Books of 2009 by the Toronto Globe & Mail, and it has been awarded the 2009 Heldt Prize for best book in Eurasian women’s studies and received an honorable mention for the Zelnik Prize in Russian History in 2010.
In 1700 Peter the Great decreed that all Russian members of the military and civil bureaucracies and all city residents must give up their traditional dress and wear Western European fashion in its place.
This sartorial revolution had a profound effect on Imperial Russia. Explore the impact this change in dress had on Russian social relations, economic development, and cultural life with Christine Ruane.
Event Timeline
5:30-6:30 pm: Mansion and Friends and Fashion open for self-guided touring
6:30-7:30 pm: Lecture
7:30 pm: Book Signing: The Empire’s New Clothes
Hillwood Museum, Estate & Gardens is located at 4155 Linnean Avenue, NW.
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2017 Contemporaries Bash May 19
April 13, 2017The Phillips Collection invites you to the 2017 Contemporaries Bash: Berlin Underground.
Inspired by Berlin’s pulsing underground nightlife, the Bash brings the German capital’s decadent club scene to Dock 5 in one sensational night of cocktails, music, food, fashion, and dancing.
The Bash is a sell-out event that attracts the city's most dynamic young professionals. Come connect with The Phillips Collection's community of art-lovers, creative thinkers, and philanthropists. Proceeds benefit the museum's award-winning education programs.
This event takes place at Dock 5 at Union Market May 19, 2017 at 1309 Fifth Street, NE, Washington, DC
Featuring: Premium open bar and outdoor biergarten by Denizens Brewing, Co.
Savory and sweet bites inspired by Berlin's street food scene
DJ, photo booths, art installations, and more!
MUST BE 21 OR OLDER · BLACK TIE OR COCKTAIL ATTIRE · FREE PARKING
RSVP to the Contemporaries Facebook event here and share with your friends. Further engage on social media with #Bash2017 or #BerlinUnderground.
For more information, please contact contemporaries@phillipscollection.org.
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